Mortality rate, infant in Niger
Niger: Mortality rate, infant was 65.6 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, infant in Niger, 1969–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.
Analysis
Niger recorded 65.6 per 1,000 live births for mortality rate, infant in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, infant in Niger peaked at 153.2 per 1,000 live births in 1973 and was at its lowest, 65.6 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.
Niger ranks 3rd of 195 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 148.9 per 1,000 live births | 148.9 per 1,000 live births | 148.9 per 1,000 live births | 1 |
| 1970s | 149.87 per 1,000 live births | 142.8 per 1,000 live births | 153.2 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1980s | 145.88 per 1,000 live births | 141 per 1,000 live births | 150 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 131.1 per 1,000 live births | 112.1 per 1,000 live births | 147.7 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 88.56 per 1,000 live births | 72.4 per 1,000 live births | 108.3 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.49 per 1,000 live births | 69.1 per 1,000 live births | 70.9 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.66 per 1,000 live births | 65.6 per 1,000 live births | 69.1 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
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- Population, male 50.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 425,555 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 439,639 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 417,693 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 7.01 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 12.91 million (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 431,792 (2025)
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- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 393,646 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, infant in Niger?
- Mortality rate, infant in Niger was 65.6 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest mortality rate, infant recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 153.2 per 1,000 live births in 1973.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, infant recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.6 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- How does Niger rank for mortality rate, infant?
- Niger ranks 3rd out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mortality rate, infant rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.